Harris County Election Officials say all primary votes will be counted before deadline
Harris County election officials are still counting ballots Wednesday morning for the Tuesday Primary Election. Despite the Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott saying officials will not finish counting ballots by the deadline, Harris County Elections Administrator...
Colin Allred delivers Congressional Black Caucus response to State of the Union
On Tuesday, Rep. Colin Allred delivered the Congressional Black Caucus response to the State of the Union, marking the first time the Caucus has offered an official response to the event. The speech was made shortly after President Joe Biden gave the first State of...
2022 Texas Primary Updates
10:00 a.m. Wednesday - The Democratic primary for Texas attorney general is heading to a runoff. Rochelle Garza leads with 43 percent of the vote, followed by Lee Merritt and Joe Jaworski with 19 percent. In Dallas’ TX-30, State Rep. Jasmine Crockett will also...
Abbott Challengers Call For Special Session Over Care For Transgender Children
The day before the primary election day, Republicans hoping to make the ballot staged a last-ditch and desperate stunt to curry favor with the extreme members of their party. Three of Greg Abbott’s challengers: former state senator Don Huffines, former GOP Chair Allen...
Claudia Zapata on her run for Congress in TX-21
Former legislative workforce and budget analyst, organizer, and progressive candidate Claudia Zapata said she is running in Texas's 21st Congressional District because the most basic needs in her community aren’t being met. A daughter of a public school teacher...
Texas company launches liability insurance for police
America’s first professional liability insurance policy for law enforcement is now available for purchase from a Texas company. Prymus Insurance is a small insurance company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that specializes in niche insurance policies and it’s offering...
As legal options dwindle, Texas abortion providers continue battle against ban
Texas’ restrictive six-week abortion ban went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday with arguments from the state and abortion providers. For context, Senate Bill 8 denies pregnant people access to an abortion after six weeks and deputizes private citizens to sue...
GOP Texas attorney general candidates barely able to acknowledge Biden is president
GOP candidates for Texas attorney general debated on Thursday night and were barely able to acknowledge Joe Biden won the 2020 election. When the candidates were asked to raise their hand if they believed Biden won in 2020, only Land Commissioner George P. Bush shot...
Whistleblowers Fired By Ken Paxton Speak Out
In the midst of an FBI investigation into allegations of abuse of office and bribery, Attorney General Ken Paxton has maintained he did nothing wrong. Now, a group of whistleblowers that were fired from his office are speaking out for the first time against their...
Ruben Ramirez leads with TX-15 voters, poll finds
A new poll of voters in Texas' 15th Congressional District in McAllen shows Ruben Ramirez, an attorney and Army veteran, has the most support in the Democratic primary. The survey commissioned by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' BOLD PAC shows 69 percent of...
Katy ISD students organize against book ban
Since the 2021 legislative session, Texas Republicans' push for censorship has only escalated. From the Texas legislature, Congress, the House of Representatives and the White House, what started as an anti-critical race theory talking point has now creeped into the...
How the Ukraine crisis is affecting energy markets
To paraphrase an old saying, you may not be interested in the Ukraine crisis but the Ukraine crisis is interested in you. Energy prices are skyrocketing as the world braces for what could be the largest European war since World War II and a diplomatic solution looks...
Abbott says he may “exonerate” Austin cops accused of excessive force
Gov. Greg Abbott is weighing in on the indictment of Austin police officers who were charged with aggravated assault by a public servant after using excessive force during the 2020 George Floyd protests. “Those officers should be praised for their efforts, not...
Greg Abbott’s Dangerous Directive for Investigating Trans Children
Texas Republicans have been targeting trans children and their allies for years, but now Greg Abbott has intensified those efforts to a terrifying level. After Ken Paxton issued an attorney general opinion classifying certain procedures or medications for trans...
“He was one of kind” family and friends say of Charion Lockett who was shot and killed by HPD
Late Thursday evening, the Houston Police Department released bodycam footage of their violent gunfire, which left 27-year-old Charion Lockett dead in the hallway of his home on Feb. 7. But his family and attorneys are saying his death was preventable, and Lockett was...